Indiana American, Volume 17, Number 49, Brookville, Franklin County, 30 November 1849 — Page 1
iY.JL Ot'K COUN THY OUR COUNTRY'S INTERESTS-AND OUR COUNTRY'S FRIENDS. BY C. F. CLAIIKSOX. BKOOKVLLE. INDIANA, FRIDAY. SOV. 30, IS4). VOL. XVII NO. 4J.
HISTORICAL.
Baxter'. CaHrlKhip and Klni-ringr. Mr. Whittier, the poet, has recently published a sketch of the Life of Richard Baxter. The Portland Advertiser remarks that if any one
Ing over the cold and hard austerities of his nature the warmth and light of domestic affection? Pity, reverence, gratitude, and womanly tenderness tier fervid imagination and the soypathies
of a deeply religious nature combined to influ-
TIIK TIMES.
Corre pondence of the FUltiniore Patriot. WASHINGTON, Nov. 13, 1849.
My letters were written to Mr. Bennett as his I Sound Pi inrilrlroui n Hound .tlmi :-11r. ? id agent for his private benefit, and I sincerely j yb",rr " rrPoa Bcr.luii.
The election of Col. llaymond, the Whig can- j jsbed
pa
at the lime wished success to his paper.
conversations related
We do not know, where we have seen so I
ence her decision. Disparity of age and condi- aidale for Congress in the Wheeling disrrict,
1 success to hi? paper. I he. 1 ted bv Mr. Bennett in the pub- ' ch '""''.""Prised, in the same space, as it , , ,' ,. ... : is found iu the following closing speech of Mr. faisely reported in that pubh- , . . , .... . .. .
etters are faisely reported
will turn over the leaves of some one of his one tj(,n rendered lt jmprobable that Baxter would 'rg'"ia. over Colonel Thompson, the Locofoco
mph to the Whig party worth
hundred and sixty ponderous folios of doctrinal fVer ventllPO to address her in any other capac- candidate, is a triu and controversial lore, through the whole of .(v lhan lhgt of g fripn(J an(, ,Pacher nd jt was rejoicing over.
which there is scarcely a gleam of gaiety, .., ltft to herseIf to giw ,e first Intimation of the Colonel Thompson is a man of decided talents, lanxiou8 a that the paper ... j;i. Wl.W.ior that ''never Old ...... - ....... find A I .ncnfnrn nf nnt IT., ia nn lP V V ' 1 1
win rmni v icc mm " ...... v. nnsititiiiv fti n mnrp hit imnin rpinimn - . . ....... . . . .. . . . .
cation, and in such a manner as to injure ail
concerned. I would never have dared to have approached either of those gentlemen with a
corrupt proposition. I was myself exceedingly
V ebsler, at tiie X. Hampshire Festival. The J
Some prophet of that day said :
"The Avon to the Severn runs. The Severn to the sea And Wit-klifiV.dust shall spread abron., W ide as the alers I.e."
Gentlemen, if the blood of Kossuth is taken
subject is the principle of Liberty, and the late ! ,,v aI1 .solute. uou:Viria. uniustifiable vida-
events in Europe : j ti llf Ilalioa Uu. 1)al it !Wase what
-oll Ii;itis California Gleaning. From Bayard Taylor's letters from the"uiggias," published in the New York Tribune, we extract the following. He writes from the "diggin on Moka'cme River," at a place called the ouoriau Town, from the number of Mexican Miners encamped there. Thes- "diggins" extend about eight miles
the blind god try his archery on a more oi.pr.-m- ,t js ewy (Q imagine with what mixed one of the distinguished flit of the Old Do- j ,b(j fe88ioll9 nd BS8Urauces " to me by
When the revolution severed ns from the pacifv? u will mingle with the earth-it will amouR ,,,e h'!1 d rocky "gulch." mother country, when we had nothing to do but inii,, wit)l tle watrrs of ll)t. ocean the whole with no loose sand wept what h letignl be-
' Tj V .I..-W do the Administration justice ; and from ' l g " W'lh 'V??' r" U '" U lU' " - ai Z Zv ? X T C I J F J urtmra finff aiinnmluri l.v IIia Pr.tun mir -n . . , i . , . . i i . i- B5ttlt? lO rt lit t fit' ffli.. AlfOtlt four :iTt ihv
i - it - j " " v" reiuru w tin owiui reiriuuitou 0:1 uta iiecs ci
ising subj-ct." It was a "Call on me u iicon- of joy purprige anJ perpexitv, Baxter must minion, and ni district boasts a I.ocotoco ma-1 M(. BenneU I had every reason to believe that i ' p : " t:,al 11 Hhose violators of national l..w and umvers-l jusverted." But the call was heeded-the blind . received the dellcale avowal. There wa8jonty of GOO votes. Why, then, has he been!. .' , .j..,;,.,- .,.,! was which nbled the colonies of Connecticut ! ,u e. :Gri niS.ui.u.) 1 c.unot Hy he...
god's archery was effectual, and all Baxter s n)uch jn ,he circllmstance9 of the case to justify 'd? Some ol his party say the rain did it. !zealougl!Up ort
ching of heart. ; 1 will tell you of something which j been abe to ee
ee or convere with any member
learned and pious arguments against the "entan- doubt. misirivinff. and close search!
glemeat of godly ministers in matrimonial en- 1 Ie must havg feU ,le painfu, contrast which.0UKht to have defated him, whether it had that jofthePresident'sCabinet. In J t :t.. hi " irnnittlipd llltn 1 .i . ....... 'pflvft or nut. TTnHorfriA lata Pnllr AJmiiiict-o. !
.v am men TP! HlUl iniiiiiv taitJi hnuur mr in 1 lia hinnm i liar vniMh nraaon. . --- .vi m.u wm
thin air. Baxter surrendered, although not en- j TU.orn man 0f middle "years, whose lion- ColoneI Thompson was the tirelv "at discretion." For, having long writ- " fc . arpaa sufferin Bnd over whom dea(h I District Attorney. He was know
dutv, allowiul Mn(- - . j : t." i r ler Dsrtisan. and General Tavlor
teu u uuc ca o- i - jv .are jui." a i in urn - uic. ivrrin v uuiisuiuus j o , cpg wniCtl httVe V i tU. oluims iKtinA.k.. " . I U: A 1 r t.: a i
therpain nor wKiirt u. t.- "f10"1- toties of temper, he must h?ve fear- l" ,CMIUVC I1,in' AUU lur 11113 very properauif j waa tota
lie would give the Administration a hearty and
Fnf nnnllio r-u-f T rmna r o f
v imuiiui.' fii c i . a, iiuic ti v 1 j . . . . .... 1 i In fntilmiiM IliPir Hnrnnt rnmtitnf nu
jaud Khode island, down to a very late period, ur iu w),al rorlll . hut Cx.,vu a ,., it ,,,t il
1 such au act take ph-e, tlie lb rones and priiicipil-
But where else could this be done? Would j ilieg Bud yuwen ,MUst l,, out for tS.e cj-
J i von an to the rnlonifS of outh Amerira to fiuil i -....i .
uuiiniiiouo- I T 4 : 1 I- 1 . . ii . c . ' ' il uruirs. wn uuwn inn a r nan-r ,
i wrum nrivnicjy biiu uounueuimii v 10 .ir lieu- ! . . ... . , ' United States net r loow pres8ioug 0 lhe mlenM I l,k8 representative government. , Alld llOK., grnl!elIlen, lel , do our pa,:-!-. u to be a bit-... dinillifclr:iion. .,, manv !BfHWn. . lf ou look where bea.de. at Fr.c- on u un ,ert,a tSe p0,ill0., iu wlli,h wa.uad
thouirht fit .... ,. .. ... the contiue..; of Lurone.cau you find anything ' ,,,,!;,. f ,!, ...,rH. i ih i.iLi-t in-
roved inaccurate and In whicli 1 ... . fc '
i iii- uJ.,,1 , " wuraui relive., i.o ...ucv ... .d it...-. , i was loianv misianen. friendsh.p, to interfere with his sleepless inft farm, lury fotpines9 of a oviSt gentle being Colonel Thompson appeared before the public in j Nffl memr of l)le Cab,npl eyer aulhorized or . tions.he stipulated with his wife before mBd wher to cr tQ t,ieir manife8tations. From ! a letter addressee to the President of the United ' uegted me . nsk Mr. Bennett to write for
nage, tnai sne snouiu uul ""nds w habit or consulting what he re- j - .,u , ..suiting tfce Admtllistration an,i t!,e statements to this even for her society, and the social enjoyments j set up, t Divjne vVill in every important ! as 'ls author could cull terms from his veinacu-; ff t nuhii8hed bv M. i!.nnett are ontlrei
... . .1. - .........;(.. liio 1 jlinru. , . ralu'.. .i , i ... i i Inr in malra !t Tt 1 a:.tn A :J
that bears the aspect 'f a representative govera- j meut? There is nothing. It is very difficult to establish a fre conserva-;
wfiVr . i . - 1 . !. t. .1 ..... :
step-Wh.s life, there can be no doubt that his 11 " e,,upul w my mina mai,untrue , had no c.nception that these letters
decision was the result quite as much of a pray- "onest Pple or the W heeling district felt of mine W0Id have , ,he ght , ,ny erfuland patient consideration of duty, as of convinced that Colonel Thompson had carried fprm No member of General Tavlor". Cabinet the promptings of his heart. Richard Baxter , e matter too far that he had overdone the la responsibi8 for OIle word contained in them, was no impassioned Abelard; his pupil in the j business, and grossly abused, witheut just cause, yd s0 far ,hry or ,ny part of them may be school of his severe and self-denying piety was , patriot, soldier and honest man, whom the construed as implicating or committing any of no Heloise; but what their union lacked in ro-j PeoP,e hd exalted to the Chief Magistracy of those gentlemen to any declaration either of polmantic interest was compensated by its purity he nation and thus feeling, resolved, when ' icy or which cau have the 8iiglUefll tenJency t0 and disinterestedness, and its sanction by all ex-District Attorney offered himself for Con- imi,icate them, the statements are ulterlv and
and he tells ns of no other amusement or relaxa- J tbat cau hauow human passion, and harmonize . Ere8S. lhat they would visit a rebuke upon him absolutely false. I repeat that I never was em-
of domestic affection, the severity of his labors-
This stipulation wss fulfilled. He continued to write without relaxation after marriage as before. He was impatient of interruptions. "We are afraid, sir, we break in upon your time," said some of his callers to him upon one occasion. "To be sure you do," was the answer. Hi writings, like his sermons, were the earnest expostulations of a dying man with dying men,
tion than the singing of psalms. "Harmony
and melody,"' said he, "ere the pleasure and elevation of my soul. It was not the least comfort that 1 had iu the converse of my late dear wife, that our first act in the morning and last in bed at night was a psalm of praise." The following is an account of his marriage: Among Baxter' old parishoners of Kidder-
mlnister, was a widowed lady of gentle birth, named Charlton, who, with her daughter Margaret, occupied a house in his neighborhood. The daughter was a brilliant girl, of "strangely vivid wit," and "in early youth," he tell us "pride and romances and company suitable thereto, did take her up." But, ere long, Baxter, who acted in the double capacity of spirit-
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the love of the created with the love and service j wnicn ue won ia not reaauy lorgei. I ne renuKe ployed as an a gent by any member of the Cabiof the Creator. As was natural the wits of the i h8 b?en beautifully administered. May it learn net for any purpose. I was an entire stranger
Court had their jokes upon this singular mar
riage; and some of his best friends regretted it when they called to mind what he had written in favor of ministerial celibacy, at a time when,
as he says, "he thought to live and die a bache
lor." But Baxter had no occasion to regret the inconsistency of his precept and example. How much of the happiness of the next twenty years of his life r-sulted from his union with a kind and affectionate woman, he has himself tes
tified in his simple and touching "Breviate of
the life of the late Mrs. Baxter." Her affections were so ardeut, that her husband confesses his
I fear that he was unable to makn au adequate re-
ual and temporal physician, was sent for to visit turu and tlal sie must have been disappointed her, on an occasion of sickness. He ministered ' jn bim tn consequence. He extols her pleasant
to her bodily and mental sufferings, and thus secured her gtatitude and confidence. On her re
covery, under the influence of his warnings and
conversation, heractive benevolence, herdisposition to aid him in all his labors, and her forgetfulness of self, iu ministering to his comfort iu
admonitions, the gay young girl became tho Hull sickn(gg and mpri9onment. "She was the and serious, abandoned her light books and com- meele8t helper I could have had in the world," is panions, and devoted herself to the duties of a ! his ianguage. If I Bpoke har.-hly or sharply, it Christian profession. Baxter was her counsel- I 0ff,,nded her. If I carried it (as I am apt) with lor and confident. She disclosed to him al! her too much negligence of ceremony or humble Aow. tril.nd temptations, and he iu return, conipijmf,ut to she would modestly tell me wrote her long letters of sympathy, consolatiou, , ,ooks seemed llot pI8asant, she
and encouragement. He began to feel such an
' would have me amend them, (which my weak,
unwonted interest u. the moral and spiritual . paiueJ . of body illdigposed me l0 do.) He growth of his young !liPV, that iu his daily I admilS(he had ,ler flings, but, taken as awhole walk, among his panshoner. he found himself lhj ,.Breviatev is an eXllluj euogy. inevitably drawn towards her mother's dwelling. In her presence, the habitual austerity of his How Fttllcn! manner was softened; hi cold, close heart warm-1 Edgar A. Poe, a man of genius and an accomed and expanded. He begau to repay her con- ' plished writer, receutly died of delirium tremens.
fidence with his own, disclosing to her all his Sad to oimtemplate ! His career was a brilliant
plans of benevolence, soliciting her services, and one ; but his dreadful end throws a gloom upon
his memory. His sun set amid clouds of dark
ness. Whenever we think of his splendid tal
ents, and his extensive contributions to our liter
ature, we can but think how he died, Sad, in
deed ! Many of the best minds in our literature diefooU! And still another is about to share his fate. Charles F. Huffman is now confined
toi. i nompson a salutary lesson. ,0 tbem . but j wa8 th(J a(;ent of the New york Old Virginia will now have two Whig repre- Terad and by il8 editor, James Gordon Bennett, sentatives in the next Congress: so Mr. Morton, j wgg directed to give him all the information
of the Loudon Disttict, will not be entitled to j could obtain in r(.gard t0 the policy of the that famous nob D c.tkrre, "the lone "." Administration and its members. which the Locofocos had began to bestow upon ; , think u arlher my duty t0 addj that when ''im- 1 1 spoke to any member of the Cabinet of the The Union re-publishes the speech delivered gupportof th New York Herald, which I had by Daniel Webster, recently, in Boston, on the been assureJ by Mr. Bennett would be given to subject of the formation of Governments for our lhe Admjni8lration. each of those gentlemen new territories, acquired from Mexico, and also d;8linc,iy daclared that they desired the support on the recent noble struggles for freedom of the of n0 ncvlspapeT m,le3S lhe independent con vie-
people oi nungaryanooi tvorue. ine editor tions of its editor led him to support it; and do well to re-publish that speech. It is a great neUher of them desired that any publication
one, ano deserves to ne read oy every .over oi Bhou,j be made ofany thing they ,ad said ; nor our whole country. j WM it expected by them ; nor did either of them I have good reason for believing, that Presi- expre8g a degire t0 me to open any correspon
dent layior s nrst message to uougress win oe dece with the N()W York neraid or any conl
a mooei uocumei.i-noi uniiKe some oi me eariy nlunit.ation between themselves and Mr. Bennett.
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rres.uenis messages. i ne rvepons oi i.ie, I wss never their origan of communication of
Heads of Departments will be found to posses. - , , H . edilQr j
grsat interest, also. Although nobody I'" ceWei no favor from them, and asked none
la.nted in preparmg them, nor any clera been Neither of them ever knew or had reason to i.n paid two thousand and one thousand dollar each . . , , , . f , ,et
ae extra compensation, for helping to furnish y BRFGA
the material for their completion, yet if I mis-' take not. the DUblic will vote some of them verv : Court Nccnc.
able, and well-stored with important informa- j The abuse of a PriileRe in criminal trials in
tion. Mais Nora VERROS. POTOM AC. our couns is oroao.y nu in me imaginary scene
i from the 'Merchants Day Book.
'During the time consumed in obtaining a
t-resiing era iu the wori.i. I. t u cousiuer t.ie mission and tbe destiny whic'i Providence seems to have designed u for, ami let lis take enre of
tive government for the equal udvaiicmeiit of our own C0Ildllct, that with irreproachable hand all the interests of society. What has Germany ! and witll hearls Toid of ptr,Ce we may stand up done learned Germany, fuller of ancient lore j w,,.,evar and wherever called upon, and ilha than all the world beside? What has Italy done voice Ilol t0 be di.j,,, :iy tilis slai nil, (,. what have they done, who live on the spot doueat leat,t not without our protest. Mr. where Cicero and Jcsliuian lived! They have j Webster' speech was received with much more not the power of self government which a com- ; than the common exhibition of approbation, and mon town meeting possess.. (Applause.) ; at jts c,ofce lllr,.e Umfa ,hrt.e cllMri( were CMrd
Now I say lhat those persons who have cone ,-, M, a LK..t .,,.1 r,....l-,l i.. I,.riilv ....1
from our town meetings to dig gold in California aiiaujmousiv.l U hor' lui ,,B,i hu,u:r',d v"1-1 'f "'e bed clear.
are more fit to make a Republican Government yir WrmWr lhp rireJ amii,t ,he chr,r. of ' '"T washing the d;,y l.fore Taylor than any body of men in Germany, because they I , HSS,.1Ilb,..( ,he whole company .landing while : ",rr,V"'' nnd 10 b J '"-'"'"R
have learned this one great Usson, that there ii he 1(.ft ths ba1 j u" qurreie.i, as moM companies no; tne dil-
no security without law, and that under the' - - cuuy was seti,-ti tv a portion c -.he company
circumstances in which they are placed, where .umrniaoic t,aurrn,T. . agreeing to clear out the whole bed of the river
there is no military authority to cut their throats, i 1M,""B u,u " "'"T1"'"" , t their own expense, aud t.,ke half the gld.
and there is no will but the will of the majority, ; l"e w ,re BUS!e"!"" Bl " ee....g, c. MADy A,llt.ricaI)g einpov Sonorian. ntid Indian.
therefore if they remain they must submit to Ijlh of U,e P"1 a lamentable oc- to work for l!l-m g,rIlg lUm g(,u and
been tdrued oer wiiit grtat I.Lr, an. I all hole
pljrrd ta lhe bo'.tnm. In scraping uj the louse iir', among lh rock-, from ilO ti 2 ci daily, are obtaitux. by each limn. The fir.t party consisted if ten prr?on, and their only iinplemrut were .hovel, a rue cradle ud fiat o:m lvl.. Th. patty had mule ia th forenoon I! lb , and at u'gl.l thy hod 3 lbs. riii re, nveraging 7 oi. for r.ioh man, of thv purel f;)tS. When first wra they were ca'rvi"? heavy t'nes in lhe sun, .rinding wairt deep iu water, aiid grabbing with their huntisin the gravel and dill; and (hi labor, Tiy!cr Mays, made him al first think lhat there was but little virtue in resisting tlie temptiiiiin t. gold-dig
ging; but wln n tlie sl.iunig particl,- were poured out lavishly from a tin b.iiu, he fr'.t a rudder itching in l.is fingrr to t lie IS "tbuYrl auJ the pan." ! Further down the river, another parfy of thir
ty had made a larger dam, after oi.e month.
waiting, with deference for her judgment upon
them. A change came over h:s habits of iho't and his literary tastes: the harsh, rndedispn)ant( the tough, dry logician, found himself addressing to his young friend epistles iu verse on doctrinal point and matters of casuistry .Westminster Catechism in rhythm and measured harmo
nies. A miracle alone could have made Baxter "n tl'e Baltimore Hospital, with the same malady a poet; the cold, clear light of reason "paled the Hoffman is one of our best writers, and has disIneffectual fires" of his imagination; and thinos : played, iu some of his articles, a ready, cnltiva-
presented themselves to his vision "with hard ! t'1. and strong mind. But what are splendid
outlines colorless, and with no surrounding at-' talents before the destroyer ! Referring to this mosuhere." That h neverthelesi. u rit ' snleiidid star In our literature, the New York
that will. curreuceioon piace an occurrence .. in. ... rllru,, tjl(. provisions and it is said that al-
It is the prevalence of this general sentiment . e w re",a", a" 8 "T"3 'n th' fal"er f a"w j ll'"ug'' 'very article of food is enormously high,
of obedience to law-that they must have rep-; " "t""r -- . ll.ese roPle can l,e fed at a cost of t.t cenk, resentatives, and that if they be fairly chosen, ' Ur ' P"'-"!ar., whde at , per dav. , ,;, ..BIch.. ,ere js M great theiredict muststand for law. And where they : U ''"" U ,a" IUR'" , ,ieal of "dr- ! n ounce per day U
have our habit you will find that they will es- "u , " j l" ""-K" it the d,gger is lucky
tablish government upon the foundations of a free basis, vnd nothing else will.
Now I think, gentlemen, that while we pte
; Wheeling, and by his affable and prepose?siiig
, manners, he won the heart of the young l.idy j They loved with equal ardor. The day previ- ! .1... . t. 1
cnbe no forma while we dictate to nobodv . . . , ., . ... , ' , from their "papas and mamas," and walke l to our mission is to show that a constitutional rep- 11 .
e . , t.IC mure HI'uii Kiir who uih l-c. a irtr reseutalive, conservative government, founded ' ' ' " .... ., , ... , father received the iutelligei.ee, and ou the reou the freest possible principles eau do can io , , . i.i, turn of his daughter, gave her a severe reprifor the advancement of general morals and for , , . . ,L,
the advancement of the general prosperity, as ' . , !
iuiiviii; uat, aim niiin. mo ruarrug ui :nii..u..,
much as any other government can.
Gentlemen, two things are to be guarded. One great truth is, that men in a conservative age are capable of self government that the enjoyment of equal rights is a practicable tliing and that freedom is uot a dangerou thing for a
the ehouting of the multitude, and the discourse
of music, this young girl, only about fifteen j years of age, walked boldly from her parental roof, without attendance, crossed the bridge, and j from the island, around which runs the Ohio, ttnti Fmirt th minr.r hri?fr thmw.f kro.l t 1 llf
l ... ..1:: a ...l l. .i :.. i. e i ' '
. . . . . i the stream.
Irom restraint is not Ireedum that licentious- ,
The powerful current soon carried
I hwr ruv.i.l nil Iiaiia mii.'I 111 a fut mimitwfi
ness the discharge from moral duties, and that!, , ' , , , , , , , her soul was iu termlv. Can the heart of that general scramble which leads the idle aud the " . , , . ...
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WASHINGTON. Nov. 13, 1S49.
The New York Herald, of yesterday, contains jury for the trial of the Astor House rioters, the
a series of letter purporting to have been writ, following scene occurred, upon the trial of John
ten from this cily, during the last summer, by a Smith as Juror. Mr. S., was a yesy intelligent
gentleman holding a high station in one of the looking man: Departments which letters detail undry con- Counsel for prisoners What is your name, ir? 1 . ... . i T l . -.1.
versations, of a private nature, alleged to have
been carried on by the Secretary of State, with the writer, respecting the course of the Administration upon all the leading questions of the day, and the wishes of the Secretary of State respecting the conduct cf the New York Herald. Now if the letters were written from thi city
Juror John Smith.
What is your business, Mr. Smith? A merchant. Can you read and write? (SmiliRg indignantly.) Yes. Well, Mr. Smith, have you heard of the Astor Place riots
to the editor of the Herald, they show upon their face that they were private and confidential.
How came such letters to be laid before the pub-
i I have. How did you hear of them?
I read an account of them iu the newspapers.
i What neewspapers did you read?
lie? The act of making them public is one, j lw Courier Tribune, Journal of Com-
w ncn a nign-minoeo persons view iu u.e snmc ; ,, r n w u i',M " ' . , mcrce, Merchant Day Book, Herald, Express,
Globe, Sun, and all the other respectable papers published iu this city; besides a number from
light. It need not be characterized
verses so creditable a to justify a judicious mod- Globe says, that the clods of the valley are yet j The person alluded to, a the author of the em Critic in their citation stir) annri-l rn nr. fresh Over the remains of Edffar A. Poe, and nOW 1 Uu-.ro ., fnrm.rk- t!, rnrmsnnndent nf the
. L . , - . ., I.:. .Irlnl I., imnlno TTnflfi.lun la fl 1 HUM H T ' , IT . - H-t. Oilier Clt'ie..
naps ne accounted lor only as one oi me pne- i ",a gr-"-, neraid irom mis cuy. unwuwiu iiawiiugiur ... .j ; ii, .... ' I , ..... :.:r..i ' . ' Do you believe what you rea3 in tne newspa-
3?
MJ .. t . o .-ft ' n i nomena of that subtle and transforming influ- 1 him 80 closely, a miserable, unfortunate, pitiful, r . Canada, (where he was a reporter
i . , . j . . ners
ence to which even hi stern nature was uncon- i raving, desperate maniac, a man was uidrgcu an(1 wriler for the Canadian press,) about three ' . ,n,r.i thini?. I do. It is the business
eciously yielding. Baxter was in love. Never did the bliud god try his archery on a more unpromising subject. Baxter was nearly
fifty years of ago, and looked still older. Hi
before the police court of lioston, on I?aluraay' years ago, and after reporting and corresponding f th(J p ,0 gu ) the world with truthful ....,1. I - - J 1 J U. l-i a,) liaail .... t i .
wiin oemg a common aruuaaru, for somo time, was appointed a temporary clerK intelligence. There is no other source of uni an editor and publisher of a leading political irj lhe General Land Office, by the then Com- verga, and reliabte itiformation.
paper of that city. 1 he Chronotype, in speaa- niissj0er, Judge Young, with the approval of That will do Mr. Smith. I object to this man
life had been one lonr fast of him says: "He had sat at the private r. Robert J. Walker, then Secretary cf the -
0 ... a -h i ' as a juror. ..... . I, . . J r- I J . nnJ flirtir . ... .. i . :
in youin ne had never known a schoolboy's ooawx.- . .,nfleT "- -i't'c" Treasury. Jn this situation ne nas ever since ; District Attorney Why
totally helper juration ol Harrison, nemigm remained. Whether he had the interviews with Connsul First, because he can read; second
ten msj,--1 fding in the east front of the Mf S)jcretary Meredith and Mr. Secretary he readg newspapers; and third, because
ive no i. TL oSoo, witn ne sirouge ...t" ciavton which the letters in the Herald set lortb, . x,;ava. h,f h reads!
He had made a merit of celibacy, and wri J jTmiud that IK . V mingled in fashionaoie nie, u is not for lne t0 decide. Thi much, however,
f wed to
love for cousin or playmate. He had resolutely '.fc -closed up his heart against emotion which hi ?"" regarded as the allurements nf tim unA A Y
-Tltxi
and published against the entanglement ofs
i growa
measures, and fell a victim to th.m. j do fcn
After a short discussion Mr. Smith was ent
He assert that in all that he did, I -d ag jnC0muetent juror, and an other cal-
ministers in matrimonial engagements and OP: At that.J.hi. ircumtauces, he wandered 'rom and j eVery sentence he wrote to the editor of )ed u The.e other can neither read uor write Hy care. It is questionable whether he ould stand vlug hi family to lookout for the Herald, in confidknck, aud not for the pub- bearg nothing from the newspapers, believes
understands his own case, or attributed tuv .to him a .becoming destitute, and irequenny .. be acted a the friend and agent of the .bin he hears, is ready for a riot, and is found
right cause the peculiar interest which he fe f aQ ff -"elirium tremens, he was at last ' ditor 0f the Herald, and not as the agent of the t0 be B marvellous proper man for a juror.
Who that ha witnessed the selection of a jury
in Margaret Charlton. Left to himself, it is )t?2r-W' on a charge of being a common drunk- j twQ cabinet officers alluded to
more than probable that he might never have
discovered tlie true nature of that interest, or conjectured that anything whatever of earthly passion or sublunary emotion had mingled with
his spiritual Flatonism. Commissioned and set part to preach repentence to dying men penniless and harmless worn with bodily pain and mental toil and treading as he believed on the
very margin of his grave, what had he to do
with love? What power had he to inspire that tender sentiment, the appropriate offspring.only of youth, and health, and beauty? "CohUI any Beatrice see A lover ia iuch anchorite!" But, in the meantime, a reciprocal feeling was gaining strength in the heart of Margaret. To her grateful appreciation of the condescension of a great and good man grave, learned, and reuowued to her youth and weakness, and to her enthusiastic admiration of his intellectual powers, devoted to the highest and holiest objects, succeeded niturally enough the tenderly suggestive pity of her woman' heart, as she thought of hi lonely home, his unshared sorrows, his lack of those sympathies and kind
nesses which make tolerable the hard journey of life. Did she not owe to him, under God, the alvation of body aud mind? Was he not her truest and most faithful friend, enteriug with lively Interest into all her joys aud sorrows? Had she not seeu the cloud of his habitual sadness broken by gleams of sunny warmth and cheerfulness, as they conversed together?
Could she do better than to devote herself to the pleasing task of making his life happier, of comforting him iu seasons of pain and weariness, encouraging him in his va;t labors, aud throw-
ard, to which he plead guilty."
Dram-drinking is becoming quite popular a-
mong our literary men. It dreadful effects are
seen among the best minds of our country. When will our talented young men take warning '. Will not the fate of Poe, Hoffman, and others prove an effectual warning to such a are addicted to the sparkling glass, against pursuing
the road to infamy and death ! Adv.
TIi nfTjir has been much talked of in all po- , -rt. unon certain occasions, but has
litical circles here to-day, and will no doubt soon g(?en gon,ething of which the above is only au
grace the column of all the Locofoco newspa- exaggeration? The spirit of the scene has been
per in the country. t'U tu.i ao. ! there, through the exact letters ol it was wan
The writer alluded to above thus speak lor ting.
himself. If any thing were wanting w u.a,. A tfodrl fiiy
the editor of the Herald with infamy, here it is : T( o( Utica ,ays lhe Herald, coe., U0l TO THE PFBLIC. i owe a ging,e cfu, of public debt, and has money Washington, Nor. 15, 1?43. 'llRl,nk yA., taxes due and collectable. She
I observe in the New York Herald of the 14th an abundant BUpply of pure and wholesome
instant a earbled publication of letters addressed brouPht into the houses of her citizen
. .. . j : l.t . 1 ..t.i.i
Iv and th. birds sine a sweetly to-morrow. by me to the editor ot that paper auring '"V freflh from the mountain springs. Mieisngniea
Business w ill not be suspended for a moment j spring and summer. by gSfls Df pure and excellent quality ; has the and the great ma will not bestow a thought j Those letters which, as published, are full of appointed and most effective Fire Oepart-
"I he dead?" will be the: interpolations, and are garbled ana B,lcl,ru i ment 0f any city of her size iu America ; i me
from the originals in many most important par- ony cUy in ste which wholly escaped tne ticulars, were written by me as the confidential ,ravagpg of th8 cholera last summer; and to fri.nrl nrl ...ni nf tht nnnar. but without any ; .. . !,, . u for from 300
. . -i -- - crowu au is
Ihu U I. If
If we die to-day, the sun will shine as bright-
to our memone.
solemn inquiry of a few, as they pass to their pleasure or their work. But no one will mis us, nca.it our immediate connexions, and even in a
short time they will forget, and laugh as merrily i suggestion, privity or knowledge of any mem-, tQ 5()0 Whig n,ajority whenever called upou. a. when we sat beside them. ber of General Taylor'. Cabinet. They were ;Wechalieuge any city iu the Union to beat this.
Thus shall we all, no iu active lire, pass a- hastily prepared, in the Hill conhdeuce mai mr..c , .... i i u:..4 ... ii.l.4it nt nn .,rii. n,-n linvn anooi'h to i
way. 'Jur children crowu owmuu uc, uu . m -j ( ...... c-
put their hand into their neighbor's pockets call it what you please, it is tyrany. It is no
matter whether the Emperor of Turkey robs his
subject of his property or whether under the
notion of equal rights, the property earned by
another shall be taken from him by a majority.
would not choose the latter. On the contrary,
give me Turkey, for I would prefer one despot to ten thousand. Who would labor if there
were not a security that what he earned would be
ii own, for hU own enjoyment, for the educa
tion of his children, for the support of his age, and the gratification of hi reasonable desires?
Gentlemen, the events of the past year are
many, and seem to result from an indefinite pur
pose of those who wih to meliorate the condi
tion of things in Europe. They had no distinct
ideas. There may be incidental benefits arising
from it. These wars may somewhat assuage the imperial sway of despots. They may serve
to convince those who hold despotic powers that
they may shake their own thrones if they do not yield something- to popular demands. In
that sense some good may come of it.
Then, gentlemen, there is another aspect
We have all our s mpathies much enlisted in
the Hungarian effort for liberty. We have a
wept at it failure. We thought we saw a more rational hope of establishing independence iu Hungary than in any other part of Europe, where the question has been in agitation within the last twelve months. But despotic power from
abroad intervened to suppress it.
And, gentlemen, what will come of it I do not
know. For my part, at thir moment, I feel
more indignant at recent event, connected with
Hungary lhan at all those who passed in her
struggle for liberty. (Tremendous cheering )
I see that the emperor of Russia demands of
Turkey that the noble Kossuth and his compan
ions shall be given up. i Shame! (hanie!) And
I see lhat this demand is made iu derision of the established law of nations. Gentlemen, there is
something on earth greater than arbitrary or
despotic power. 1 he lightning has it power.
and the whirlwind ha it power, aud the earthquake has it power. But there is something among men more capable of shaking despotic power than lightuitig, whirlwind or earthquake (Overpowering outburst of applause) that is the threatened indignatiou of the whole civilized
world. Gentlemen, the emperor of Russia hold himself to be bound by the law of cations that he forms alliances ; he professes in fact to live
in a civilized age and to govern an enlightened nation. I say that if under these circumstances he shall perpetrate so great a violeure of natural
law as to s.-ize these Hungarians and to execute
them, he will stand as a criminal aud malefactor in the view of the law. (Loud huzzas continued (or several minutes.) The whole world will be
over be described? No ; it is beyond the office
of man. Wheu the heart loves in early vouth,
nothing can change the affection, and so it was
with til is poor girl, who committed eelf-deslruc-
tion, knowing the uncompromising opposition
ter parents had to a union with tlie one she
oved. Ciu. Coin.
lHtilIrrir. It may not be uninteresting to some of our
readers to give a few statistics with regard to
distilleries: Within a compass of four miles.
ncluding this place, every 121 hours there is
m tde into the artie'eof whikey Four Thousand bushels of Corn. Allowing for Sunday and other he Inlays, there is in 3t0 days consumed in
this way, one million and two hundred thousand bushels. Allowing this to cost 125 cent per
bushel, and there is expended for corn for this manufacture, three hundred thousand dollars a
year. It is estimn'ed that one bushel will make 3 gallons of wh skey, which, by the above es
timate, will make 1 1 thousand g i!oiis prday,
and for the above year of SOU days, will be four
millions fOO thousand gallous. Allow that to be
worth ljcts per gal., and we have si hundred
and thirty thousand dollars for whiskey told.
Value of Whi.k-y - - JfiHO.OOO Cost of the Corn - - $300,000
Balance - $330,000 Showing a profit, not including the manufacturing, of the sum of f 330,000 annually. Profitable bu.'iuess in a small com;ias.- Lawrenceburgh Register.
enough to strike on a "pocket" or "well" ainuug the rocks, he takes out from oue to two llionsii.il dollar, in a day or two. Sometime men dig for days, and getting nothing, they give up iu despair; while others will come after them, and dig in the shiti-i "holes" and take out thousands in a short time. Mr. Taylor say h. saw a jnari the day before writing, who came there "three weeks ago" without money, to dig in the dry gulch. Being lazy, he chose a spot under a shady tree, and dug l i-urely for two day without milking a cent. He then gave np
the place, when a little German jnmped into hi.
"hole" and after a day's hard work weighed out
$?00. The lazy chap then berrowed five ounces, and started a boarding house ,.aul before the expiration of three week from hi first appearance, he sold out for 1200 dollars. The largest lump of fold found at thi phc weighed eleven pounds. In the rough depth of the hills, where three weeks liefore there was scarcely a tent, there were 300 person", and instead of jerked beef aud hard bread, Mr. Taylor had spread before hhii, greeacoru, green peas and beans, fresh oysters.
roast turkey, fine Gosheu butter and go-.d coffee. Wherever gold abounds abundantly, there do men become gamblers, and this truth i illustrated in this little three weeks old Sonorian town. Here, says Mr. Taylor, there are at least a doxen monte tables, and all frequented nt night by Americaits aud Mexicans. The Sonoriati leave a large amount of their gold at the g-aming tab), aud yet it is etimated that they have taken tu millions! out of the country lhe past summer. Iu relation to gold digging generally, Mr. Taylor says: "Those who return home disappointed ay they have been humbugged about the gold. The fact is, they have humbugged themselves about the work. Il they expect to make money out of the earth without severe labor, they are wol'ully mistaken. Oi" all classes of men, those who pave streets aud quarry limestone are bet adapted for gld diggers." This rich gulch, called the "Mokatucic diggins," was tii.covered, says Mr. Tavlor, "about six weeks ago,'' by Doctors Marlij and Gillette. Tlmy were out "prospecting," aud while resting
under the shade of a tree, Gillette carelessly turned op the ground with hi. ph k.and threw up a lump of gold of two lbs. weight. They thea went to work, euu during that iiy and the next they found 11. They tiieu returned to the "upper liiggius," or village, and the third moruii.g after, again started off, Hucer pretence of hunting; but being suspected, they were fol-
Oar Wnj mf C-rlling n Uni.
The Chronicle and At!. is responsible for the following: A boy, about IT years of age, was observed removing a hat from a box outside the
doorofa store on Main street, Wednesday after- . luweJ by ethers. The next week tl.ey obtained noon. The owner was at the door, and observed SO lbs., and the ew spreading, a large number his movements, but was completely thrown otTt,f m-u were .ton there, aud for several day., his guard by the youth placing the hat oh his ma"' f " "g from 12 to IS lbs. per day. head, walking into the store, aud quite indepen- ' Mr- Gillette estimate, lhat 2-00 lbs. (ever $400,dently throwing down a bank note. The assis- 0,, liaTe hefu takeu out i,,,iu six week.
taut inside handed him somo change, and away lu "milling through the "diggins, Mr. Jayhe walked. A few minutes afterwards the owner , lor fouud PleD,' "f deer, hare, partridge., grizzly passed iu and asked what he had paid for thatjUear mountain wolves, &C. The principal hat? "What hat?" said the other ; "he ouly got growth of the mountains is oak and theCaliforchange for a 5 bill." The shopman was done' uia l,ilie which rises like spire to the neight of by the ingeuius stratigem. j 200 feel- The earth, (August 29.) was baked . I jQ a cinder, and from 11 A. M-, to 4 P. M , the Inn Hurry. J Mercury ranged between 98 deg. and llOdeg. Married, on the 19th ultimo, ou the afternoon ; arjd raj was expected before lha first of train from Springliold to Albauy, Western Rail- ! December.
roaa, .nr. j. u. tsigelow, ol Oreeuheld, to iUi few thefts are committed, sad the Spartan Martha Chase, of D illon. j severity of discipline aud punishment seem to (r-f p., t v- t tr.. u- . i , be security against frightful disorder and petty ILT Key. J. r. Maffilt u preaching to crowded . , . , , , ... , . , . , crimes. The camp or teut is held inviolate, and houses at Clarksville, Ark. A correspondent of ... ... , ,, . .i. t -..i d u n l like the palriarchia times of old, it. cover i a the Little Rock Banner savs: ! ' ,.
protection to all it encloses. uin. ua.
i l V 1 I . .1 AT- njnnalt hS
i. t ...... in a four vear. not a nvinir nuutisn ano nerveri litem ns " ,,v
W ill BOOH OU UUC. J -B .
..,: -n v. "I remember him." W e live in done.
another age, and did business with those who have long siuce slumbered in the tomb. Thus is life. How rapidly it passes! O blessed ar. they whe are held in everlasting remembrance !
Three Tharlny in One M'ecU. A scientific paper says:
Let a vessel sail East round the world and ar-
O" A son of the Emerald Isle, meeting a countryman, whose face was not familiar, after
saluting him, most cordially inquired nisna.no "Walsh," .aid the gentleman. "Walsh,"WaUh," responded Faddy, "are ye from Dub-
lin? I know two ould maid of that name ; are
either of them your mother?"
1 never had any authority iro... TWsdav. according to their rec-
member of General Taylor's Cabinet to offer .". i - ,
s..,,nir I 111 Ll.c iwiiw" "t '
the patronage of the Government, or any other oning.
consideration, to the Herald for its support ; nor:
"One of the most glorious revivals of religion
lever beheld, is now iu progress. The. whole QrCouldn't help laughing the other day at
a tribunal to try him, and he must appear bofore j town and vicinity are under its influence, and an anecdote of a man accustomed to make long it and hold up his head and plead and abide its ' partaking iu its beneficial and genial smiles." prayers, who had over persuaded a guest, greatjudgment. ( Reiterated cheers ) ly against his inclination, to stay to breakfast.
Our rights as a nation are held under the U-j i he t hiladelphia 1 ledge aud Standard in He prayed and prayed, till his impatient guest
sanction tf national law a law which none who alluding to lhe opposition we have met with began seriously to think cf edging away quietly
. . m. J nV. f n fhn r.. . .. . . . ,.. Ii o r at 1'ifuirtL I.i v i.d.tt 1 trO.tl & le W OI OUT Sernn.l-ri.lM Tin I i t lM I i.Ar,er4 u- ' L iit-r i.tT hilt tn 1. 1 te Oil it I n a If r t rt il .
I bev wiU fiud II 1 liursaay ou -"o:e. prui 10 - -j ; -- r i -r i - r i 1 . i ... ,Un, KnnrH vassel which has just I V0r let him imairiue. that mere force can subdue sa' : lamily isitor. the old man' sou. who was asleep in I.i chair.
did I ever make such offer, either orally or in i rna , he world, sailing i ,i, ,,.;.! Se.iime..t of mankind. Il i much ' The Indian Visitor is iu trouble because some -How ouui;l your father Le through?"
ved iroin ....-- - e
writing, in the few interviews I had with any arnv
member of the Cabinet, which were alway sought by me, and never by either of them. I sometimes conversed with them as to the policy of the Administration, but never with a view on
their part that I should use or publish their con -
of the Newspapers have becu aUusiuir lhe editor, whi-tiered lhe ruest
':e j;-t to tl:r Jews yet"
'asked the bov,
I 1: n.i.t .SpV will nCain find ...xra tilr-.!,. In a tMll.l ISmI kialllitnellt Hl.tl tO fieS.
m i c.-wi.j ....... ; - . . . r, u- i. -... i : r .... ,
it Thursday on board that ship. It is inu possi- j troy thal povvCr which uj m ast Cesire. to estab- ; "" "--''"8''. u.o.a.j --.us:
hie to find three Thursdays in one week. ! Ii,h and secure. .ie.nprto.uce. esuoaw luier irom uie course v, , repiy. r v" 1. on Ex-peaker of 1 Gentlemen, the bones of poor Jehu Wickl.iTe t" ri'" u question, li.; lhe.rcouduclo.-s hd "Nn," aid the t'.lier. Hon- Robert C. lut .rop, x-p ; veuly year after felt ome powerful virtue ia tiie l-clure of cur "V. al, inju .e a.u't half thr .ngh!" answered rnr. was married in Boston, ou the bin, 10 6 ....... , l..i.-, n. . ti-ir . . , i ... ....,...... i.:
i ( uub ' . ii-i. 4.., f hi deatn, aud ourui ror ins neresv, auo i.b asnes -.-fc- -. -- mo uu , su touuiweu uuusrii unu " ! ...-otinn for ih nurnose of innuencinir the i. ii-Mo . ,a!ihv and fabinonaUis ia UI ..... jj "
. - e...-, - j . were thro .v il upon a river '.ti w ar-viciisiiite. j:e ut;4u u. vv hereupon the guest loltej ai once. 4 Herald in it course, or any other paper. 'that city.